Harrow.



No. 698,536. Patented Apr. 29, I902.

J. H. MOSLEY.

NARROW.

{Application filed Oct. 8, 1901.;

(No Model.)

i innin -4%"! ml UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HENRY MOSLEY, OF DOB, ARKANSAS.

HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,536, dated April 29, 1902.

Application filed October 8, 1901. Serial No. 77,946. i (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY MOSLEY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Dob,

in the county of Calhoun, Arkansas, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Harrows, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to new and useful i1nprovements in harrows; and its primary object is to provide a device of this character which is simple and durable in construction, light, and which may be readily handled.

A further object is to employ means of novel construction for securing the teeth of the harrow in position. i

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in Which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is asection on line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of a barrow-tooth.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the beam of the harrow, to the forward end of which is secured suitable means 2 whereby a horse or other'draft-animal may be harnessed thereto. A recess 3 is formed in the outer side of the beam 1 at a point between the ends thereof, and into this recess is secured the stock .4 of a pointed shovel 5. Astandard 6 extends upward from the rear end of the beam 1, and extending through the upper end thereof is a horizontal brace 7, which connects the handles 8 of the harrow. The handles extend downward and are secured at their lower ends to opposite sides of the beam 1 and in front of stock 4, before referred to.

The beveled face of a strip 9 is secured to one side of the beam 1-0'. e., the side farthest removed from the stock i -and recesses 10 are formed in the adjacent contacting faces of the'beam 1 and strip 9, said recesses registering and adapted to receive thestock 11 of a second shovel 12. This stock is provided in each side with a groove 13, said grooves being adapted to receive the side walls of the recesses 10,and thereby prevent longitudinal movement of the stock. A second strip 14:, similar to the strip 9, before described, is secured to said strip 9 and is provided with a shovel-stock, which is secured in position in the reception of the inner wall of the angular recess.

Braces 16, preferably formed of metal rods, are connected at their ends to the stocks and beam and strips, respectively, and serve to strengthen the device.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form ofmy invention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus'fully described my invention, what I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a harrow,the combination with a beam having a recess in one side thereof; of a beveled strip secured to the beam and having a recess therein adapted to register with the recess in the beam; a shovel; a stock thereto having grooves in opposite sides thereof adapted to receive the walls of the recesses.

2. In a harrow, the combination with a beam, of strips secured one to the other and to the beam, recesses formed between the contacting faces of the strips and beam, stocks having grooves in the sides thereof and engaging the walls of the recesses, shovels to the stocks, and braces.

3. In a harrow, the combination with a beam, of a standard extending upward therefrom,

a horizontal cross-brace to the standard,- han 9 dles secured to the brace and to the beam, a series of strips secured one to the other, said series being attached to one side of the beam, apertures formed between thecontactingfaces of the strips and beam, a stock in each aperture, said stock having grooves in its sides engaging the walls of the apertures, a shovel to each stock,and braces connecting the stocks and strips and beam. 1

In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN HENRY MOSLEY. Witnesses:

S. W. HIGGINBOTHAM,

GREEN SIKES. 

